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Assam Police File FIR Against Journalist Abhisar Sharma Under BNS Section 152

Press and legal pushback intensifies, with Section 152 under court challenge after protection for two The Wire editors.

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Journalist Abhisar Sharma Terms FIR by Guwahati Police ‘Baseless’, Vows Legal Fight
Journalists Abhisar Sharma, Karan Thapar, Siddharth Vardarajan, and the people whose complaints have led to FIRs against the three
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Overview

  • The Guwahati Crime Branch registered an FIR on August 21 against Abhisar Sharma under BNS Sections 152, 196 and 197 on a complaint by Alok Baruah.
  • The complaint cites a YouTube video that accuses Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of communal politics, mocks the idea of Ram Rajya, and allegedly risks disturbing public harmony.
  • Sharma called the case completely baseless, vowed a legal response, and said his video referenced a judge’s remarks about 3,000 bighas allotted to Mahabal Cement while criticizing the chief minister’s politics.
  • On August 22, the Supreme Court granted interim protection from arrest to The Wire’s Siddharth Varadarajan and Karan Thapar in related Assam cases under Section 152, with the matter listed for September 15.
  • Press groups including Digipub, the Press Club of India and the Editors Guild condemned the FIRs and urged withdrawal, as reporting noted complainants’ links or past associations with ABVP/BJP networks.